"This is not the Disney version, in other words: Radical’s Aladdin is a thief and a con artist who was raised in a brothel and now lives by his wits in the city of Shambhalla, where ordinary human evil is augmented by magic."

"Patrick Reilly’s painterly renderings of the proceedings, separated with thick black spaced ‘tween the panels, make even the outdoor market of Arabian city Shambhalla look cavernous at times — or perhaps like the studio bound world of an old exotic fantasy starring Maria Montez."